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Archipelagos
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Lough Derg--Ulster--Lakes--Archipelagos
Description
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This collection explores the chain of lake archipelagos that characterise the north of Ireland, and the historical and environmental contours of religious life in, around and through inland archipelagos.
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James L. Smith
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Digital Derg: A Deep Map
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2020
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CC BY 4.0 International License, sui generis database
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Omeka Collection
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English
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Deep Map
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Ulster
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Lough Eske is a large lowland oligotrophic lake. It lies approximately 5 km north-east of Donegal town at the junction of Carboniferous rocks with more resistant Dalradian gneiss and granite. The site also includes the River Eske and short stretches of the Lowerymore, Clogher and Drummenny Rivers, as well as a number of smaller tributaries.
The site is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) selected for the following habitats and/or species listed on Annex I / II of the E.U. Habitats Directive (* = priority; numbers in brackets are Natura 2000 codes):
[3110] Oligotrophic Waters containing very few minerals
[7220] Petrifying Springs*
[91A0] Old Oak Woodlands
[1029] Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)
[1106] Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
[1421] Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciosum)
The shore of Lough Eske has a diverse and interesting flora which reflects the contrasting geology within the site. It includes heath-covered peninsulas, rocky shores, small flushes, wet and dry woodland fringes, occasional reedbeds of Phragmites australis, small freshwater marshes and some interesting species-poor fen communities (particularly on the northern shore of the lake) which are typified by Star Sedge (Carex echinata). In addition there are also small, but relatively intact, very wet areas of blanket bog.
Ardnamona Wood, on the western side of the lake, is an old oak woodland. It is of great scientific interest for its size, naturalness and flora. It displays a habitat range from dry areas dominated by Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur) to wet woodland with Alder (Alnus glutinosa). Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) and Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) also occur in the high canopy with Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Hazel (Corylus avellana) and Willow (Salix spp.) in the understorey. Oak and Birch woodland is also found along the valley of the Lowerymore River. The north side of this valley also has some petrifying springs, a priority Annex I habitat under the E.U. Habitats Directive. These all possess moss species which are diagnostic of the habitat, such as Cratoneuron commutatum, C. filicinum and Eucladium verticillatum).
The Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciosum), a Red Data Book species listed in Annex II of the E.U. Habitats Directive and included under the Flora (Protection) Order, 1999, occurs in the site. Two other rare plants, Whorled Caraway (Carum verticillatum) and Six-stamened Waterwort (Elatine hexandra), are also present.
Important animals recorded from the site include good populations of Atlantic Salmon and Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera), both listed on Annex II of the E.U. Habitats Directive, and the Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), a rare fish listed in the Red Data Book of Irish vertebrates. The Eske system is an important multi-sea-winter (spring salmon) stock, one of the few rivers nationally to hold 3-sea-winter fish over 20 lb.
A number of exotic species, notably the invasive Rhododendron ponticum, have become established in Ardnamona Wood and represent a threat to the ecological value of the habitat. The lake and its flora and fauna are vulnerable to pollution from the surrounding agricultural land and also from an increase in domestic waster effluent.
This site contains three habitats listed in the E.U. Habitats Directive - lowland oligotrophic lake, petrifying springs and old oak woodland. Three species which are also included in the Habitats Directive - the Killarney Fern, the Atlantic Salmon and the Freshwater Pearl Mussel - are also present in the site.
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Title
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Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood Special Area of Conservation
Subject
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Lough Derg--Region--Lough Eske--Nature Reserve
Description
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The watershed, geology and wildlife of the Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood Special Area of Conservation
Creator
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
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Site Synopsis, Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood Special Area of Conservation (SAC) entry
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
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26 November 2015
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Special Area of Conservation (SAC) entry
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English
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DD_0332
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54.6958, -8.04491
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CC BY 4.0 International License
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Site Code: 000163
Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
biodiversity
bogland
Clogher
Donegal Town
Downy Birch (Betula pubescens)
dryness
flora
Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciosum)
lake
Lough Eske
Moss (C. filicinum)
Moss (Cratoneuron commutatum)
Moss (Eucladium verticillatum)
Old Oak Woodlands
Oligotrophic waters
Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur)
Petrifying Springs
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Six-stamened Waterwort (Elatine hexandra)
Star Sedge (Carex echinata)
vicinity
Whorled Caraway (Carum verticillatum)
Willow (Salix spp.)
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Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), a threatened Red Data Book species, was recorded from [Lough Derg] as recently 1990/91.
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The presence of Arctic Char in the lake in the 1990s
Subject
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Lough Derg--Inishgoosk Island--Fishlife--Arctic Char
Description
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A description of the fishlife found in Lough Derg
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
Source
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Site Synopsis, Lough Derg (Donegal) Special Protection Area (SPA) entry
Publisher
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
Date
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27 January 2012
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Environmental Special Protection Area (SPA) entry
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English
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DD_0296
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54.616218, -7.876212
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Site code: 004057
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CC BY 4.0 International License
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
biodiversity
conservation
fishing
fishlife
Lough Derg SPA
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Salmon
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"…The story is told that in ancient times Lough Derg abounded in salmon and salmon-trout, just the same as its next neighbour, Lough Erne. The fishful lake gave an unfailing supply to the frugal table of the good monks, and little were the exertions needed in having always at hand a plentiful supply of this delicious and highly-prized fish. On a certain occasion the monks were expecting St. Patrick on his visitation, and had been out fishing all day, in order to have some salmon for the saint's repast However, they failed in catching any, and were sorely perplexed to find their hospitality thus put to so cruel a test ; which, when the saint had heard, he foretold that salmon would no more inhabit the waters of Lough Derg. And, as if to corroborate the truth of the foregoing incident, the legend goes on to say that about-sixty years ago a gentleman of the sceptical school, having heard the story as already narrated, put himself to great extremes in order to falsify the saint's prediction. He had salmon conveyed from a distance, carefully marked and deposited in the lake ; when lo! the very next morning the salmon were found in a net, which was placed in the River Derg to prevent their escape.
Little over forty years ago Dr. O'Donovan related the self-same legend ; and, if it be only to show how much these legends are altered and exaggerated, even in a short period of time, I shall give his version of it. He says: ‘No salmon come into the lake, though they come up to the very throat of the river. Two fishermen (who had a weir near the source of the Derg) cast two live salmon into the lake not many years ago, to see if they'd remain there ; and in order to know them they cut off a part of their fins and tails, but, on their return, they found the same salmon caught in their cochall, or net. This is attributed to the curse of St. Patrick.’
As a matter of fact, salmon cannot be found in Lough Derg. The lake, however, abounds in trout, and affords excellent fishing. In this respect perhaps no other lake in Ireland can compete with it During the summer and autumn a day seldom passes without witnessing a number of arrivals of those bent on this fine Waltonian sport ; and the followers of the angle are generally rewarded with a numerous ‘take,’ Trout weighing six or ^ight pounds are occasionally hauled in ; but the class most commonly caught do not exceed a pound in weight When a gentle ‘fresh’ is blowing, no more contemplative or enticing pastime could be desired than playing a well-trimmed ‘cast’ off the shoals and reefs, which are so numerous throughout the lake. And we can well imagine how the monks of Lough Derg in the olden time, albeit their prayerful and penitential lives, enjoyed ‘to their hearts' content’ this delightful recreation, as they sailed over its waters in their skin-covered currachs.
Eels, also, are to be found in Lough Derg. Near the mouth of the River Derg remains of an eel-weir may be noticed.
Of late years pike has found its way into the lake, some large fish of this class having been caught weighing over thirty pounds. These ‘fresh-water sharks’ up to this have made sad havoc on the trout of the lake, but it is satisfactory to find that large numbers of them, during the spawning season each year, are netted in the streams flowing into the lake, and in this way, it is hoped, they will be diminished. Through the surrounding mountains, foxes have been a similar source of destruction to hares and heathfowl ; their number, however, is very much reduced, as each year beyond a score of them are caught in traps."
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Title
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Interrogating the curse of St. Patrick
Subject
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Lough Derg--Folklore--St. Patrick--Interrogation
Description
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"…The story is told that in ancient times Lough Derg abounded in salmon and salmon-trout, just the same as its next neighbour, Lough Erne..."
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Daniel O’Connor, Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages: With Map and Illustrations, pp 72-4
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J. Dollard, Dublin
Date
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1879
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Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by Harvard University
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Monograph
Language
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English
Type
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Pilgrim handbook
Text
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DD_0030
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54.616218, -7.876212
Creator
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Daniel O'Connor, 1843-1919
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Public domain
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http://archive.org/details/loughdergandits00ocogoog
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Daniel O'Connor
eels
fishing
Folklore
John O'Donovan
mountains
Salmon
scientism
St. Patrick
trout
wildlife